Deer oh deer: is Janet Street-Porter right to eat roadkill?
The Loose Women regular has revealed a taste for animals found by the side of the road. Guilt-free forage or enough to put you off your dinner?
May 2019
'We wanted to hack your television!' – how yoof TV changed the world
It covered the rise of MDMA, staged gay weddings and introduced us to Magenta Devine. The team behind Network 7 relive the mania
March 2019
Magenta Devine obituary
Television presenter and journalist who found fame in the 1980s and 90s on shows such as Rough Guide
Magenta Devine: an 80s TV icon of effortless style and substance
Inspired by the New Romantic movement, the presenter – who has died aged 61 – brought glamour and intelligence to groundbreaking ‘yoof TV’ shows like Network 7 and Rough Guide
Magenta Devine, presenter of Network 7 and Rough Guide, dies aged 61
TV host and journalist, known for her stylish attire and sunglasses, was the face of ‘yoof TV’ programming in the 1980s and 90s
September 2018
Jump the shark
It’s good to talk? How Loose Women chatted itself into a clickbait corner
After nearly two decades on screen this once innovative show has descended into one big slanging match as the recent Kim Woodburn controversy demonstrates
June 2017
Music blog
Snub TV: cult music show that unearthed the underground
The no-frills cable show captured 80s and 90s bands at their most bonkers – from Napalm Death’s growling mayhem to New Order calling U2’s singer ‘that bongo guy’. Co-founder Pete Fowler explains why nothing else has come close
February 2017
Labour's Stoke byelection candidate apologises for offensive tweets aimed at women
Gareth Snell expresses regret for posts aimed at ITV’s Loose Women hosts, Janet Street-Porter and Apprentice candidate
March 2016
Greenslade
The Sindy's demise - the shattering of a journalistic ornament
Roy Greenslade
The final Independent on Sunday is a testament to its journalistic verities
August 2015
40 years of MacTaggart: one speech with a track record of changing TV
Trainwreck review – juicy romcom from Judd Apatow
July 2014
Celebrities and Labour apparatchiks out for fundraising dinner
Patrick Stewart, Janet Street-Porter, Keir Starmer and others gathered in London – just don't call it Cool Britannia
September 2013
TV and radio blog
Celebrity MasterChef: who should win?
It's the final week and four contestants remain – Ade Edmondson, Brian Capron, Les Dennis and Janet Street-Porter. Which one do you think Gregg and John will choose?
August 2013
TV OD
Celebrity MasterChef is back where it belongs: in our lives
Les Dennis, hotel funk, Jamie Theakston threatening custard and the bromance at the centre of it all, we hail the return of the cooking show that remembers to be fun
Observer TV reviews
Rewind TV: Celebrity Masterchef; The Mill; The Dealership; Caligula with Mary Beard; BT Sport – review
It was scary in the kitchen, grim up north, deranged in Essex and illuminating in ancient Rome, writes Euan Ferguson
TV and radio blog
Celebrity MasterChef reheated for primetime viewing
Stuart Heritage: A typically combative Janet Street-Porter and some cute inter-host bromance cooked up the energy that the new series of Celebrity MasterChef desperately needed
April 2013
Media Monkey
Janet Street-Porter lambasts 'pushy' Rachel Johnson
Media Monkey: Former Independent on Sunday editor lays into the Johnson clan but reserves particular ire for Boris's sister
October 2012
You told us
Ed Miliband understands that making fun of mental health is no joke
Mark Brown
Ed Miliband: time to stop caricatures of mentally ill
September 2012
Greenslade
High profile celebrities back the anti-Page 3 petition
Roy Greenslade
Roy Greenslade on the latest batch of supporters of the campaign asking The Sun's editor to drop its iconic topless pictures
